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Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD
If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Meningitis, AIDS, Chemical Industry
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Many parents say no to HPV vaccine but vaccinations are up: study
Parents forgo vaccines for their teenage kids for a number of reasons, researchers said Monday in a paper reporting findings from the annual National Immunization Survey of Teens, which was published in the journal Pediatrics. That might mean that public...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Diseases and Illnesses, Meningitis, Disease Prevention, Pharmaceuticals
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Adult non-flu vaccination levels 'unacceptably low,' CDC says
Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said Tuesday that vaccination coverage levels in U.S. adults were “unacceptably low,” and that public health workers need to do more to make sure adults got immunizations to protect them from...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention, Pharmaceuticals
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South L.A. health clinic draws hundreds
Thirteen-year-old Stephanie Cota pulled up her sleeve and glanced at the needle. "Is it gonna hurt?" she asked. "You'll feel it, but you look like a strong girl," said Yadira Guerra, a licensed vocational nurse. "Just turn the other way." When Cota...
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Free shots of required whooping cough vaccine available next week
L.A. NOWFree pertussis vaccines are available next week to students enrolled in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The vaccine, also called Tdap, is required of all students, starting in 7th grade, for admission to class.... -
Leila Denmark dies at 114; pediatrician practiced until she was 103
Dr. Leila Daughtry Denmark, a Georgia pediatrician who was the country's oldest known practicing physician when she retired at 103, died Sunday at her daughter's home in Athens, Ga., her family announced. She was 114.
Denmark was the world's fourth-...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, People (magazine), Health and Safety at School, Health, Disease Prevention
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California Legislature extends deadline for whooping cough vaccine
L.A. NOWEmergency legislation extending the deadline for students to receive the whooping cough vaccination passed both houses of the Legislature on Thursday, setting the stage for a decision by Gov. Jerry Brown. The afternoon vote in the state Senate was by........ -
Whooping cough: How not to get tough with schools
Opinion L.A.The law was passed, the parents were notified, then notified again, and yet again. Vaccination clinics were opened at schools. Yet is anyone surprised that the July 1 deadline for whooping-cough booster shots passed with a huge number of the...... -
Gov. Brown extends whooping cough vaccine deadline
L.A. NOWGov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Monday giving students 30 days after the start of the academic year to obtain a whooping cough vaccine and submit verification to their school. This school year marks the first time that the vaccine...... -
When does public health supersede personal choice? The vaccination debate [Most commented]
Opinion L.A.Opposition to vaccinations for children is shortsighted and detrimental to public health, The Times’ editorial board wrote Tuesday. In recent years, more parents have been opting out of inoculations for their kids due to personal beliefs and... -
California students must have whooping cough immunizations by fall
L.A. NOWMore than 1,000 people in California have been infected with whooping cough this year, and health officials Friday encouraged the public to get immunizations against the bacterial disease. A new law goes into effect on July 1, requiring middle and...... -
Healthcare reform's deciding moment -- maybe
Opinion L.A.The Supreme Court will rule on the legality of the healthcare reform law next year. Or will it?...
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